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Free Falling
The Oregon offensive line allowed only one sack and helped Joey Harrington throw for 382yards as the Ducks handed the reeling Trojans their worst conference start since 1957 /12
Student newspaper of the University of Southern California
MONDAY
October 16, 2000
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vol. CXXXXI, no. 34 www.usc.edu/dt
Women seek to diversify faculty
Academics: Low number of tenured female professors draws criticism; university working to improve situation
By REBECCA ZAK
Contributing Writer
Despite a 1997 report detailing the low number of tenured female professors at USC, some faculty say that not enough has been done to promote or hire women in the three years since.
"USC is quite embarrassingly low on women faculty relative to other schools of a comparable nature,” said Maja Mataric, a computer science assistant professor and director of USC robotics research labs.
Of the more than 170 faculty members in the School of Engineering, for example, only two are women, she said.
While some say this is due to the tendency of women to shy away from science and math, women are not well represented in the arts and humanities either. In the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, 76 percent of those on a tenure track and 78 percent of the tenured faculty are men, said Beth Meyerowitz, dean of LAS administration.
Joseph Hellige, vice provost of academic programs, declined to comment on actions the administration is taking to bring about equality, but said, “I do feel that it is difficult for both a man and a woman to get tenure. The more we can do to help young faculty in general, the more successful we can help young faculty be.”
Female professors attempting to obtain tenure at USC face the obstacle of balancing a demanding career with family life, mentoring aspiring female faculty and dealing with the prejudices of a male-dominated intellectual world.
Tenured faculty members have obtained a senior position in their
departments. The process of obtaining tenure usually takes more than two years and requires professors to publish significant research.
Once faculty members are tenured, they are given lifetime positions at the university, enjoying the intellectual freedom to publish what they want without fear of unemployment.
A report published by the Gender Equity Committee in 1997 found that of the 292 non-tenured faculty on tenure track, only 88 were women.
"(This) is not enough to introduce proportional equity anytime soon," the report said.
Some faculty feel that the administration has not actively responded to the figures in the report, said Nikki Senecal, Gender Studies program specialist
Talented female faculty members who had the potential to make lasting contributions at USC have since left because they found opportunities for advancement at other institutions, she added.
Professors often shop around for bids from multiple universities with the hope that their home university will make a better offer. However, USC has not filled a great proportion of senior faculty positions with women, which forces qualified women from USC to move on to other campuses, Senecal said.
In addition to the report produced by the Gender Equity Committee, other groups on campus have tried to raise awareness of gender-based inequality at USC.
“We on (the) Health Sciences Campus and members of the Medical Faculty Womens Association have tried over the past year to get (the) administration to be interested in these issues" said Carolee Winstein, an associate professor in the biokinesiology and physical therapy department.
However, these efforts have not resulted in the type of equality that I see Academics, page 3 I
“USC is quite embarrassingly low on women faculty relative to other schools
of
comparable
nature"
MAJA MATARIC, assistant professor and director, USC robotics research labs
Stolen rainbows
NCOW theft: Fifteen of the 20 flags displayed on the posts in Trousdale Parkway for National Coming Out Week were stolen Thursday night. The flags are owned by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Assembly and cost about $2,000 for the set of 22 flags. In the past, GLBTA displayed a 50-foot flag on
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the Bovard Auditorium tower during NCOW but that flag was stolen three years ago. Since then, the group has posted the lamppost flags along Trousdale Parkway. Two of those flags were taken before this year, leaving the 20 that were displayed last week. The estimated cost of the stolen flags is around $1,500.
USC student in Jerusalem debating her future in turbulent city
“My dorm is next to a Palestinian settlement and I interact with Palestinians on a daily basis. I have had civilized conversations with Palestinians my age, but it scares me and makes me sad to think how they would act toward me now..."
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ALEXANDRA GAMBORINO, USC student studying in Jerusalem
Overseas: Gamborino on vacation from Hebrew University; may not return
By BRENDAN LOY
Assignment Editor
The lone USC student participating in an Overseas Studies program in Jerusalem may decide to cut her semester at Hebrew University short because of the volatile situation in Israel, she said Saturday.
Alexandra Gamborino has been on vacation outside Israel for nine days and is in the process of deciding whether or not to go back to the country, she wrote in an e-mail from Prague, Czech Republic.
Gamborino left Hebrew
University for the High Holiday break Oct 7, one day after Palestinian riots and threats kept her quarantined inside her dorm throughout the day.
“1 left for my vacation...the day after the declared day of rage,' in which it is a meritorious act to kill or harm a Jew, in Jerusalem," she said. "During that day my friends and I basically just stayed in our dorm.”
Gamborino said her dormitory at Hebrew University is in a Palestinian area of East Jerusalem, and she got along well with her neighbors until the violence escalated early this month.
"My dorm is next to a Palestinian settlement and 1 interact with Palestinians on a daily basis,” she said. “I have had civilized conversations with Palestinians my age, but
it scares me and makes me sad to think how they would act toward me now with all of the Palestinian animosity towards Israel. I am sure that my relations with them would be different now."
Alison Easterling, an advisor at the Office of Overseas Studies, said Tuesday that she had sent a message to members of the USC administration a few days earlier informing
them that the Hebrew University program would continue despite the unrest in Israel and that students’ safety was not jeopardized.
“In light of the recent unrest in Israel, we want to assure you that the Hebrew University is monitoring the situation very closely, and at this time does not feel that the students are in danger," Easterling wrote.
The fall semester program began
Aug. 9 with the start of the “Ulpan,” a program to immerse students in the Hebrew language and Israeli life. The Ulpan concluded Oct. 5 when the holiday break began. The academic portion of the semester program will begin next Monday.
Students planning to travel during their break were advised to stay away from Jerusalem’s Old City, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and other areas of unrest in Israel, as well as Egypt and Jordan, Easterling said.
That same travel warning applies to the two USC students in the Overseas Studies program at Tel-Aviv University, she said. But Tel-Aviv, Israel's second-largest city, is far from Palestinian territory and the unrest
I see Overseas, page 7 I

Free Falling
The Oregon offensive line allowed only one sack and helped Joey Harrington throw for 382yards as the Ducks handed the reeling Trojans their worst conference start since 1957 /12
Student newspaper of the University of Southern California
MONDAY
October 16, 2000
Of interest...
How does an actor get a role in a play or movie? Garrett Cho explains the process / 5
News Digest 2 Opinions 4
Editorial 4 Lifestyle 5
The Buzz 8 Classifieds 8
Crossword 9 Sports 12
vol. CXXXXI, no. 34 www.usc.edu/dt
Women seek to diversify faculty
Academics: Low number of tenured female professors draws criticism; university working to improve situation
By REBECCA ZAK
Contributing Writer
Despite a 1997 report detailing the low number of tenured female professors at USC, some faculty say that not enough has been done to promote or hire women in the three years since.
"USC is quite embarrassingly low on women faculty relative to other schools of a comparable nature,” said Maja Mataric, a computer science assistant professor and director of USC robotics research labs.
Of the more than 170 faculty members in the School of Engineering, for example, only two are women, she said.
While some say this is due to the tendency of women to shy away from science and math, women are not well represented in the arts and humanities either. In the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, 76 percent of those on a tenure track and 78 percent of the tenured faculty are men, said Beth Meyerowitz, dean of LAS administration.
Joseph Hellige, vice provost of academic programs, declined to comment on actions the administration is taking to bring about equality, but said, “I do feel that it is difficult for both a man and a woman to get tenure. The more we can do to help young faculty in general, the more successful we can help young faculty be.”
Female professors attempting to obtain tenure at USC face the obstacle of balancing a demanding career with family life, mentoring aspiring female faculty and dealing with the prejudices of a male-dominated intellectual world.
Tenured faculty members have obtained a senior position in their
departments. The process of obtaining tenure usually takes more than two years and requires professors to publish significant research.
Once faculty members are tenured, they are given lifetime positions at the university, enjoying the intellectual freedom to publish what they want without fear of unemployment.
A report published by the Gender Equity Committee in 1997 found that of the 292 non-tenured faculty on tenure track, only 88 were women.
"(This) is not enough to introduce proportional equity anytime soon," the report said.
Some faculty feel that the administration has not actively responded to the figures in the report, said Nikki Senecal, Gender Studies program specialist
Talented female faculty members who had the potential to make lasting contributions at USC have since left because they found opportunities for advancement at other institutions, she added.
Professors often shop around for bids from multiple universities with the hope that their home university will make a better offer. However, USC has not filled a great proportion of senior faculty positions with women, which forces qualified women from USC to move on to other campuses, Senecal said.
In addition to the report produced by the Gender Equity Committee, other groups on campus have tried to raise awareness of gender-based inequality at USC.
“We on (the) Health Sciences Campus and members of the Medical Faculty Womens Association have tried over the past year to get (the) administration to be interested in these issues" said Carolee Winstein, an associate professor in the biokinesiology and physical therapy department.
However, these efforts have not resulted in the type of equality that I see Academics, page 3 I
“USC is quite embarrassingly low on women faculty relative to other schools
of
comparable
nature"
MAJA MATARIC, assistant professor and director, USC robotics research labs
Stolen rainbows
NCOW theft: Fifteen of the 20 flags displayed on the posts in Trousdale Parkway for National Coming Out Week were stolen Thursday night. The flags are owned by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Assembly and cost about $2,000 for the set of 22 flags. In the past, GLBTA displayed a 50-foot flag on
Brendan Loy I Daily Trojan
the Bovard Auditorium tower during NCOW but that flag was stolen three years ago. Since then, the group has posted the lamppost flags along Trousdale Parkway. Two of those flags were taken before this year, leaving the 20 that were displayed last week. The estimated cost of the stolen flags is around $1,500.
USC student in Jerusalem debating her future in turbulent city
“My dorm is next to a Palestinian settlement and I interact with Palestinians on a daily basis. I have had civilized conversations with Palestinians my age, but it scares me and makes me sad to think how they would act toward me now..."
---------♦---------
ALEXANDRA GAMBORINO, USC student studying in Jerusalem
Overseas: Gamborino on vacation from Hebrew University; may not return
By BRENDAN LOY
Assignment Editor
The lone USC student participating in an Overseas Studies program in Jerusalem may decide to cut her semester at Hebrew University short because of the volatile situation in Israel, she said Saturday.
Alexandra Gamborino has been on vacation outside Israel for nine days and is in the process of deciding whether or not to go back to the country, she wrote in an e-mail from Prague, Czech Republic.
Gamborino left Hebrew
University for the High Holiday break Oct 7, one day after Palestinian riots and threats kept her quarantined inside her dorm throughout the day.
“1 left for my vacation...the day after the declared day of rage,' in which it is a meritorious act to kill or harm a Jew, in Jerusalem," she said. "During that day my friends and I basically just stayed in our dorm.”
Gamborino said her dormitory at Hebrew University is in a Palestinian area of East Jerusalem, and she got along well with her neighbors until the violence escalated early this month.
"My dorm is next to a Palestinian settlement and 1 interact with Palestinians on a daily basis,” she said. “I have had civilized conversations with Palestinians my age, but
it scares me and makes me sad to think how they would act toward me now with all of the Palestinian animosity towards Israel. I am sure that my relations with them would be different now."
Alison Easterling, an advisor at the Office of Overseas Studies, said Tuesday that she had sent a message to members of the USC administration a few days earlier informing
them that the Hebrew University program would continue despite the unrest in Israel and that students’ safety was not jeopardized.
“In light of the recent unrest in Israel, we want to assure you that the Hebrew University is monitoring the situation very closely, and at this time does not feel that the students are in danger," Easterling wrote.
The fall semester program began
Aug. 9 with the start of the “Ulpan,” a program to immerse students in the Hebrew language and Israeli life. The Ulpan concluded Oct. 5 when the holiday break began. The academic portion of the semester program will begin next Monday.
Students planning to travel during their break were advised to stay away from Jerusalem’s Old City, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and other areas of unrest in Israel, as well as Egypt and Jordan, Easterling said.
That same travel warning applies to the two USC students in the Overseas Studies program at Tel-Aviv University, she said. But Tel-Aviv, Israel's second-largest city, is far from Palestinian territory and the unrest
I see Overseas, page 7 I